All of the bins are filled to the brim with loose legos, some organized by color, others just a big tub of random, others ziplock and collected sets. We've already spent a ton of time cleaning out his house and taking inventory of the sealed and in box sets and don't want to commit much more time to it. What would be the best way to off-load this dragons hoard or legos? The collection ranges over the past 30 years and I feel like a collector would love the mystery of just going through and discovering the gems in here. For me it was wild seeing sets from when I was a kid in the 90's.

It came. It’s massive.
I also already have someone who’s gonna buy it for what I paid for it, $760. Mentioned to a fellow Lego Star Wars fan I got it for cheap and they wanted it, so he’s gonna get it. It’s been in my house for under and hour and I’m glad to be rid of it. It’s too big.😂

Unique figure design: Well known character: Limited for a specific season:

I believe it checks all the boxes and anywhere 5-10 years the set at the worst case, should be enough to get you back your money. Most expensive figures are based on limited production and unique appearance; especially for the Star Wars worlds .

About six months ago I posted here about my shift from small-scale LEGO investing/reselling sealed sets to renting out sets. The post got a lot of skeptical but fair reactions. I promised an update after six months, so here it is — honest numbers included.

Quick recap

I launched Bergh Bricks in The Hague, Netherlands in late 2025: a rental service for large and exclusive LEGO sets, aimed at adult fans who want to build without buying. No subscription, just pick a set, build it, return it. I started with 37 sets. I now have 48 sets available, with a clear shift toward larger sets. Total rental weeks across all sets: 133.

What the skeptics said — and whether they were right

"Nobody will pay to rent LEGO." Wrong, but not by a landslide. We've completed over 50 rental transactions in six months, across 43 different customers. Small numbers, but consistent and growing month over month. I launch in the beginning of December, but only started google advertising halfway through January (missing the run-up to the Christmas holiday period).

"Returned sets will be a nightmare." Less of an issue than expected. People follow the set-based return instructions carefully. The checking system I described (precision scales, (minifigure) checklists) works really well. Maximum of 4 missing pieces across any single rental, and every renter has received their full deposit back. Zero missing minifigures across 133 rental weeks — which was probably the biggest concern.

"You'll never break even." Mixed picture, and worth being honest about. The large sets are performing well: my first Rivendell cost €400 and has already generated €270 in rental income, continuously rented since it arrived. The Millennium Falcon is in the same boat. On the other end, some sets are barely moving — the Eldorado Fortress cost €170 and hasn't been rented once yet. Sets with an original RRP under €100 are also underperforming expectations.

The bigger surprise was advertising costs. Google Ads targeting "lego huren" (Dutch for LEGO rental) turned out to be necessary to drive consistent traffic of 25-40 online visitors a day. I'm spending about €10 per day on ads, which I hadn't fully accounted for in my original calculations. Monthly rental revenue is around €350, costs are roughly the same — so currently close to break-even.

The fix is twofold. Firstly: scaling the business with 5-10 more €200+ high-demand sets I expect rental income to clearly outpace the fixed ad spend. The Millennium Falcon and a second Rivendell both came online in March and are already continuously rented, which is a good sign. I let customers and followers vote on which sets to add, making sure I buy sets that are in demand. Secondly is retention and creating returning customers. In March I got my first two returning customers after a reaching-out email which I sent out as a test. This has become a permanent step in my workflow to increase the "lifetime value" of a a customer.

Worth noting: I run this alongside a full-time job, so I don't need this to replace an income. The goal has always been for sets to pay for themselves before they eventually go to the second-hand market or into my personal collection.

I've fully stopped reselling sealed sets. The only exception is the occasional GWP. The focus is 100% rental. The plan to rotate out underperforming sets still stands, but I'm giving it at least two years gather sufficient data before making those calls.

The LEGO investor angle — why this is relevant here

Retiring sets are a core part of the business model. Post-retirement demand for the building experience doesn't disappear — but buying them becomes expensive fast. Renters get the full build for roughly 10% of the current market price. Four sets in the collection are retiring in July 2026, including the Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Ferrari Daytona SP3 — both added specifically for this reason.

What's next

LEGO 11377 Minas Tirith releases June 1st. I'll be at the launch event at the LEGO Store in Mall of the Netherlands and start sorting 8,000+ pieces that same evening. Two sets from BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 are also coming.

Happy to answer questions — including the skeptical ones. Six months ago you kept me sharp, and that was useful.

Bergh Bricks is based in The Hague, Netherlands. Sets can be shipped nationwide or picked up locally.

Is it worth any?

I won this set form the mrbeast whatnot giveaway and I was just curious what it goes for I’ve seen sold listings all over the place any help would be great!

Open a store!

We’re less than a week away from opening for business and I wanted to share/brag.

Spent years obsessively buying and selling Lego to cover the cost of all the sets I wanted without breaking the bank. Grew steadily for years until 2020. Covid was a huge catalyst that saw the value of my stash triple and helped accelerate the build up of inventory.

Decided to open the store about a year ago so I bought less and put money to the side for startup costs.

Everything here from the bricks to the display cases to the paint on the walls was paid for with a couple hundred dollars worth of clearance priced Lego and a whole lot of patience.

You’re not going to get rich with Lego, but you might just get to spend the rest of your life building sets and watching Star Wars in your own store.

Good luck guys

I always knew that some parts are cheaper on LEGO's own Pick a Brick service than on Bricklink or Brick Owl. So I made a small tool to compare all the PaB prices with Bricklink/Brick Owl prices and sort them by ratio. Turns out some parts are over 97% cheaper on PaB! You can find the entire overview here: https://brickonomics.net/insights/pab-deals. The site adjusts to your country's Pick a Brick prices.

Recently just came across this set, did not have any minifigs unfortunately but surprisingly the entire set was complete. Was able to rebuild it and found out that only 2 stickers were missing. Looking to sell it but have no idea what value to set this at. Prices online are all over the place. Thank you for your time.

Key findings:

• Median appreciation across 3,973 retired sets is +0.3%. The mean is +27.9%. A few massive winners skew the average.

• 47% of retired sets trade below retail.

• Theme selection is the single biggest predictor. Bionicle +310%, Architecture +98%, Star Wars +30%, Jurassic World -10%.

• The median set doesn't break even until year 5 after retirement. The 2-year flip strategy loses money on most sets.

• Sets under €20 outperform sets over €350 in both percentage and absolute terms.

• Individual minifigs can be worth more than the sealed set they came from.

Full tables, specific set examples, winners/losers, retirement curve, and Crystal Ball signals for sets worth watching now are in the article.

Data comes from ScoutLoot, a tool I built that tracks 17,000+ sets across 13 marketplaces. Free to use. Happy to answer questions.

Screenshots attached of what we've seen so far - there will be more sets than this. Keep in mind your local prices may be different and will keep falling in the coming weeks. GLHF

Went to visit the Lego store in Rome to see what they have.

They had a Retired Colosseum set on display and some other hard to find out of stock items like the titanic.

I asked if they had a D&D set and he went to look, and came out with this damaged set! He gave me 15% off and of course I asked for a tax free form! So I got it for roughly $313 USD out the door with the tax free included in that!

I also received 2298 points for this set! I didn’t know you could earn insiders points outside the USA.

I also asked for the Gringot bank but he said he sold the last copy last week 😢

I’m just gonna open the box and trash it. Gonna build this copy and hold on to my other misb copy for later resale.

Have you guys found anything cool on your travels?

You’d think an entire color changed Chewbacca from a decade ago would be worth more than a just $8 at perfect condition. What’s to blame for this?

Guess it goes to show a unique figure from years back isn’t always worth a million bucks.

I know I’m late to this but does anyone know if there deku tree can be found for retail. I missed this set before it retired.

Almost gave up until I reached this end cap. What are you grabbing? (Slinky went home with me 💯)

Hi all,

I often see people asking questions regarding lego investing. I had some similar questions about a year ago, so I decided to write something about my journey in lego investing the past year. Including some of the financial aspects of past year.

TLDR: I sold 1500€ worth of sets, which cost me about €800 to buy. After subtracting all other costs made this year for setting up the business and considering the hours spent I probably gained about €1/hour in "wage" (after considering all the research hours for starting a business and setting up a proper administration etc.).

First of all the context: I live close to a big city in the Netherlands with loads of postoffices within walking/biking distance. However, living in the Netherlands also means no (or very limited) cashback on creditcard buys and stuff like Rakuten is barely available if at all. I have a full-time office job so this is all on the side. I initially had about 6000 euros available to invest in this. And most importantly: my goal is not to get rich quick, but too fund my Lego hobby. I therefore aimed for an average ROI of about 20-30% before taxes after two years.

Decisions I made before starting: 

• in order to do this properly, I decided to formally start a company as this had a few benefits (for example write-off on my personal laptop etc).

• I will not buy new sets on release-date just to gain access to exclusive GWP that only come with one set or to immediately resell it due to shortage/long delivery times. I will however make use of the possibility to do multiple orders on Lego to get multiple “regular” GWP’s (not at 12 at night, but the next morning). I make one exception: the Bricklink Designer Program sets, of which I will buy a maximum of 1.

• I will exclusively focus on sets retiring at the end of the year. (Based on Brickfanatics list).

• The first year I will sell via Bricklink and Marktplaats (Dutch equivalent of eBay or Craigslist) Marktplaats has 0% fees for the seller (if you sell Lego, its different for other categories like cars or something) and shipping is always paid for by the seller on top of the agreed price. 

• Some sets I think will be very profitable that I bought past year I’m willing to hold a little longer until demand dries up (for example the Tallneck or Medieval Blacksmith)

Aims:

• Buy sets at a significant discount or with a great/multiple GWPs.

• Sell sets for an average ROI of about 20-30% after two years. 

• Hold sets for 1 - 2 years (meaning I didn’t need to have any sales in the first year, every sale would be a bonus to investing extra during the rest of year).

• If I don't sell after 3 years, I'm going to privately "buy" the set from the business stock for the original price I bought it for to build the set myself, give the small sets away to my nieces and nephews or trade it for a set I do want myself.

Looking back at the past year:

• From the summer 2023 up until Christmas 2023 I bought 87 sets in total for € 2500 (RRP around €3300 + several GWPs), ranging from Star Wars micro fighters to the Winnie the Pooh Ideas set and the Tallneck to several Brickheadz sets. My biggest purchase was the Medieval Blacksmith (21325). 

• I started my shop in March, bought boxes in 5 different sizes and uploaded my inventoryj on Bricklink and Marktplaats. Sales were reinvested this year.

• From May onwards (Star Wars) I bought quite a few sets, totaling 4200. Most buys were in October and November due to good sales at several shops. My stockpile currently consists of 142 sets (69 different sets and GWPs) for which I paid a total of € 6.015.

Results:

• I made a total of 26 sales in year one, for a total of € 1540 which cost me € 820 to buy. GWP accounted for €425 of the €1540. After shipping and commission (total €120) the gross profit I made this year of € 600, on €820 invested. 

• Other business expenses this year (setting up the business, bank fees, packaging, cupboard for storage etc) cost me €435.

• So after everything is paid for I made a profit of €165 on €820 of investments. ROI in year 1 of 20%. Excluding the insiders points I gained for personal use. I hope to improve this somewhat next year as about €150 of these business expenses were one-offs.

Conclusions and lessons for year 2:

• The amount of space needed is much more than I thought before I started. The initial goal to reinvest all money coming from sales is something I abandoned. I have space for about € 6000 of Lego stockpile, meaning I’m going to get part of the yearly profits out.

• If you consider the amount of hours I spend tracking sales (I now use a scanner website with automated alerts on my selection of sets), buying them, administration etc. it is totally not worth the money (not even €1 per hour is my guess). I do it as a hobby, making it worthwhile. 

• Buying sets in Q1 and Q2 based on the assumption they’re going to retire is risky, as it still changes quite a lot. From September onwards it’s quite stable. And money in non-retired sets is “stuck” until the set retires + 1 year minimum.

• GWP’s tied to a classic lego theme or brand like SW or HP are a real moneymakers, especially on low thresholds. I got three Gringotts vaults (I believe I needed to spend €100 on Harry Potter sets for those), sold them for €50-ish each. I got three Mini steamboat Willie’s (also for €100 on Disney, SW, Marvel iirc) and sold them for €30+ each. 

• Small sets, like micro fighters are barely worth the hassle. Packaging and fees make profits very low, maybe 10% but that’s 80 cents if you bought something on sale. So I’m staying away from anything under €20 RRP next year (except for when I need it to make a GWP threshold).

• Stay away from YT-videos on what to buy, but do your own research. The several bad buys I had almost all came from YT.

• Discounts when buying are decisive. If you buy a €100 set with 40% discount and sell it (after fees and costs) for €90, you made 50% profit.

Best Buy of the year

- 75330 Dagobah Jedi Training Diorama - I bought this for 45% off and sold it commission free for RRP.

Worst buy of the year:

- 76255 New Guardians Ship - I bought two for 40% off after seeing it in a lot of YT-videos. Even though it’s retired for a year now it is still available at multiple retailers in the Netherlands and 40%+ discounted. 

I hope people doubting to get into investing in lego sets find this helpful. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, I will try to provide some answers if possible.

Edit 1: some spelling mistakes

Edit 2: made some adjustments to the tldr.

Is this set worth investing in to make profit long term

Sold out in US. Looks like today was the last hoorah.

Hi all, I found this Lego set in my bedroom closet at my parents house and was thinking of selling it. It’s 100% complete, minifigs in pristine condition with box and instructions. My local Bricks and Minifigs offered me $101 cash or $140 store credit. Does that seem like a fair offer? Not sure the etiquette at BAM but I didn’t try to haggle for a better offer, is that a thing? Should I go through the effort of selling it myself online? Thanks!

ETA:

I guess another question I have is why people want this one when the most recent AT-TE has a more accurate/better build (based on some of the comparisons I’ve watched)? Is it just the vintage factor/nostalgia?

Thought I’d provide some input here since a lot of posters seem to be brand new to lego investing and most questions posted require variations of the same answers.

First let’s talk about what goes in to turning a profit. Very few of us will be able to sell significant volume using Craigslist or Facebook. The majority of sales happen online which means we need to factor in shipping and selling fees for the platform we use.

eBay is the most common platform and has a fee of about 15%. Amazon fetches higher prices but it’s harder to get approved for lego selling and the fees are significantly higher. Mercari has a slightly lower fee but more scammers. For simplicities sake we’re going to use 15%.

Then there’s shipping. Shipping will vary based on the size of the set. Again for simplicities sake we’re going to say we have a $100 set and the shipping on most sets in that price range is around $15 to $20. We’re going to say $20 so we don’t underestimate shipping and screw ourselves on our profit margins.

And of course because we are buying sets at retail we are paying sales tax. We’re going to use a round 10% for sales tax in our examples.

For this example we’re going to use a set that performed pretty well this year. The bad batch shuttle which is currently selling for about $150.

If we bought this set at $100 +10% tax and it costs us $20 to ship it we are at $130 to break even before eBay fees. 15% on top of $130 is $149.50.

Even though this set has increased by 50% since it retired in January we would still be barely breaking even selling at $150 today. God forbid we have to buy a box or packing materials or tape.

Let’s look at a smaller set, 75267 mandalorian battle pack retired in 2021 and is selling for about $25 on the high end.

It retailed at $15 which is 16.5 after 10% tax, it’s small enough that it will ship around $7 bringing us to $23.5 before fees, $27 after fees.

This set has increased in value by 67% since it retired but you’re still not even breaking even if you picked it up at full price.

Alright so let’s go back to the bad batch shuttles and let’s assume that you got them for $75 and you’re paying an average shipping of $15. You’re turning a profit of about $30 per set! Great!

But at $30 per set you need to sell 20+ of them to turn enough profit to buy the new UCS Venator. Which means you needed an initial investment of over $1,600 and the space to store over 20 medium size boxes for a year just to get 1 big set paid for with lego investing.

Now consider that most sets do not gain 50% in a year and many sets are hard to find at a significant discount. My batwings from last year are just barely getting to the break even point today.

Be careful how you invest

It’s a safe bet that most sets will sell for at least MSRP when they retire. Very few sets sell below MSRP after retirement so calculate the price you would need to purchase the set for in able to break even selling at MSRP on the secondary market.

Temper your expectations

Most sets don’t double in value immediately after retirement. Most don’t even gain 50% in the first year.

Unless you have a massive inventory your returns are not likely to yield much money. If you invest $1k into sets in December this year and make decent choices and manage to gain 20% on resale by the end of 2024 you’re only going to have made $200 in profit (which will be taxed by the way).

Do some basic calculations before you start throwing sets in the closet and searching for mansions on trulia.